A familiar story as GoodGym Kingston headed to Canbury Gardens but this time for a double mission. Not one but two lots of watering to do. Split into two teams Sabir, Emily and Marie filled up the barrels from the river to water the Community Garden and ensure a water stock for the next shift.

Meanwhile over at the GoodGym flowerbed Anna, Matt and Claire planted a few plants that were getting far too big for Claire’s garden. Having popped some stakes in to keep them standing tall multiple trips to the river took place to gather lots of water so that the plants could all be fed and watered.

Having completed the planting and watering Marie and Matt fixed the wheel barrow and it was time to reward ourselves with a few fresh tomatoes 🍅 and beans 🫘 from the community garden.

We had a great deep cleaning session at Kingston Pantry last night. They do great work helping provide food for people in need and it's not always possible to do a deep clean when they are open in the day and that's where we stepped in to help!

We ran, walked and cycled to Tolworth Recreation Centre and got to work. Sabir, Tom, Claire, Jonathan, Marcos, Emily and Farzeen grabbed the cleaning products and systematically worked down the shelves moving products and then giving the shelves some good ole elbow grease. Dave and Marie did the same in the storage area.

Time really flew and soon it was time to get the hoover out to get rid of all the crumbs and then give it a once over with the mop.

Job well done, Kingston! We'll be back in three months for the next deep clean.

Another hot sunny day with no rain in sight meant that it was time to water the GoodGym flowerbed.

Armed with our trusty buckets and wheelbarrows we headed to the river to gather lots of water.

Claire and Laura watered all the plants whilst Sabir kept them stocked up with water.

A quick selfie with the flowers and it was time to pack up …. until next time.